Aesthetic Quotes

445 Aesthetic quotes by 363 unique authors

Among the few I have indicated, is there no dynamic man of action, the rebel who will help determine the aspect of the collective expression… — Piet Zwart
Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us. — Pablo Picasso
Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health. — Robert Evans
Aesthetic judgments, rather than abstract reasoning, guide and shape the process by which we all come to know what we know. — Daniel Tammet
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do everything… — Everett Ruess
A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic. — Beatrice Wood
How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way… — A.S. King
I like the aesthetics of the Church. — Andres Serrano
I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones. — Andres Serrano
Green Giant contained a very strong and clear site and building design concept. Green Giant had strong formal, aesthetic and programmatic concepts, coupled with a… — Edward Mazria
Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish… — John Gierach
So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics? — Mark Poster
I am suggesting that we can and do regain eternity when we are so immersed in life, in moral action, or in aesthetic contemplation, that… — Don Cupitt
The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. — Ella Maillart
From the viewpoint of analytic psychology, the theatre, aside from any aesthetic value, may be considered as an institution for the treatment of the mass… — Carl Jung
Men=earthbound creatures, living in communities, endowed with common sense, sensus communis, a community sense; not autonomous, needing each other’s company even for thinking (“freedom of the… — Hannah
All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain. — Anthony Burgess
When nature suffers because it is destroyed by human activities, the notion of beauty is really losing its meaning, because nothing is more aesthetic than… — Marieta Maglas
An old essay by John Updike begins, 'We live in an era of gratuitous inventions and negative improvements.' That language is general and abstract, near… — John Updike
Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge… — Milan Kundera
My biggest thing is to teach not to focus on the aesthetic. It's really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you… — Beyonce Knowles
So long as we refuse to include lottery tickets among the symphonies, or medical bulletins among the overtures, we must refrain from treating the emotions… — Eduard Hanslick
Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds...flowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism. — Ann Zwinger
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it… — Donald Knuth
Behind the aesthetic form lies the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason — Herbert Marcuse

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